Re: Does anyone know anything about paint?

["S. Joseph Mann" <joem@pswtech.com>]

The paint code should be on a sticker inside one of your manuals. It will have
your serial number and other info as well. Look inside the front cover or you
Owner Manual and you Warranty Manual.  At least its there on my 95 GLX.

Joe



MAOberer@aol.com wrote:

> I bought about $50 worth of paint from a local paint store last week  to paint
> my lowere side skirts on my GLX, and then painted them, and it didn't match.
> It is a brighter white.  They told me that on acrylic enamel it would never
> match correctly, but it is quite a bit off.  They gave me "candy white"
> because we couldn't track down the paint sticker in the car.  They also said
> that clear coating would darken it.  All in all, I am not happy.  Has anyone
> had experience with painting these skirts and can tell me if there is any
> truth in this "it will never match because they're plastic" myth?  Its a
> pretty noticeable difference...
>
> matt
> 95 glx
> "body matched sideskirts, but not to my car..."
>
> www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/5464